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Protecting Kids Online Doesn't Threaten Speech or Parental Rights

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (195+ words) Social media doesn't have to be addictive. Companies can make different design choices. And the speech and content on their platforms can remain untouched." Perrino is not alone. Some parents' rights groups have similarly spoken out against state efforts to…...

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Canada’s Offensive Secularism

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (92+ words) Canada's Offensive Secularism'First Things Simone M. Sepe is professor of law and finance and Honourable Frank Iacobucci Chair in Capital Markets Regulation at the University of Toronto's Jackman Faculty of Law and Rotman School of Management. Afew years ago, I had…...

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firstthings.com > a-win-for-christian-counselors-and-religious-liberty

A Win for Christian Counselors and Religious Liberty

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (131+ words) Nonetheless, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared angrily on X: "Conversion therapy is discredited junk science that inflicts harm on LGBTQ youth." Based on a growing body of research, it is clear that Newsom's statement could be applied, without amendment, to "gender-affirming…...

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firstthings.com > how-the-state-failed-noelia-castillo

How the State Failed Noelia Castillo

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (349+ words) According to her own account in a television interview the day before her death, Noelia had been sexually assaulted on three separate occasions. The third incident allegedly took place in 2022, when she was brutally gang-raped by three men in a…...

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Trump’s Civilizational Project

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (127+ words) America and Europe are tied together. "Our destiny is and will always be intertwined with yours," Rubio said in Munich. Indeed. America's enduring piety continues to make Christianity a potent element of public life. We should pray that such influence…...

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A Medieval Pilgrimage in Modern Assisi

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (99+ words) A Medieval Pilgrimage in Modern Assisi'First Things Never have I felt what I thought had been buried deep down, underneath the symbolic complex, brought so remarkably to the surface. What had been sleeping was living and breathing again. At least…...

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Via Crucis, 2026

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (283+ words) Three men I am privileged to call friends embody this grace of courageous suffering. They have configured their lives to the Way of the Cross in the sure hope that Calvary is the gateway to Easter and the New Life…...

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firstthings.com > canterbury-and-the-collapse-of-anglican-unity

Canterbury and the Collapse of Anglican Unity

4+ day, 4+ hour ago  (135+ words) Because of trends repudiating historic orthodox Christian teaching on sex and marriage at the beginning of this century, the 2008 Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) protested in its Jerusalem Declaration: "We reject the authority of those churches and leaders who have…...

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firstthings.com > paivi-rasanen-and-the-failure-of-hate-speech-laws

Päivi Räsänen and the Failure of Hate Speech Laws

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (204+ words) The Christian parliamentarian was subjected to police investigation, three criminal charges, three trials, and now a conviction for "hate speech" under the "War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity" section of Finland's criminal code. All of this for peacefully expressing her…...

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Back Room to Boardroom 

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (144+ words) Mafia:A Global Historyby ryan gingerasavid reader, 416 pages, $35 In his 2024 campaign, Donald Trump promised to make the United States the "crypto capital of the world." That year, Trump and his family took a major stake in World Liberty Financial, which…...